Debating the Banning of Fox Hunting

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Fox Hunting has become a big issue in recent years. With the imminent

ban of fox hunting the nation has seen many demonstrations including

The Countryside March and the more recent Liberty and Livelihood

March. In this assignment I am not aiming to persuade you to change

your personal view on fox hunting; the majority of people have already

formed strong personal views on the subject. After the bitter argument

over fox hunting, a new question has emerged: could a ban on hunting

be made to work? In this essay I hope to outline the loopholes in the

proposed ban and it's effect to our countryside and economy, and the

cost of a ban to the goverment.

Many people think that the Hunting Bill is just about banning people

from riding across the countryside with a pack of hounds chasing a

fox. It is in fact a great deal more than that. The years of argument

over the pros and cons are over. Hunting has been shown to be as

humane as other methods of wildlife management both in the

Government's independent inquiry, the Burns Report, and in the three

days of public hearings at Portcullis House.

Recently in the House of Lords a Government Bill was defeated by a

majority of 250. The Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer, Deputy Leader of

the House of Lords Baroness Symons and Minister Lord Rooker among

many, all voted against a ban on hunting; but the result will not

change the inevitable ban. Tony Blair is expected to rely upon the

Government's use of the Parliament Act which enables the Commons to

ignore decisions taken in the House of Lords.

When a hunt ban is put in place many problems are expected to arise.

Conservative MP James Gray one of the leading voices of the

pro-hunting lobby in Parliament, highlighted one of the potential

problems for police - hunts simply carrying on. With the Royal family,

especially Prince Charles vowing to continue hunting to the very

moment it becomes illegal, the pro hunting world have all the

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